Marcon 49!

Hello everyone!

Marcon is only a day away!  I was glancing through the Pocket Program and thought I would mention all the Doctor Who-themed panels for the weekend.

Keep in mind, times and dates may change!  Because I'm not 100% sure of the availability of the net at the hotel, I'm not sure if I will get to update you through this blog of any last-minute changes.

Friday
7:00 pm - Morrow - Do You Doctor Who
A make and take panel of things related to Doctor Who and round-table discussion of what we like/don't like about Doctor Who.

8:30 pm - Knox - Doctor Whose Line Is It Anyway?
The Confused Greenies of Players' Patchwork Theatre Company return for more sci-fi themed improv games hosted by Dalek Skarino!  The points don't matter-but the losers might get exterminated!

10:00 pm - Madison - How I Met Your Doctor
How did you end up succumbing to the lure of Doctor Who?  Which Doctor was your gateway?

Saturday
10:00 am - Union B - Doctor Who for a New (Re)Generation
Doctor Who is fifty years old, but has an increasing number of young fans all over the world who show their love by doing everything from wearing bow ties and ticking of sightings of the Silence, to tattoos and custom painted Converse shoes.  What is it that's drawing interest of folks who hadn't even been born yet when the show went on hiatus in the late '80s: the stories, the stars,  cable availability of the show, the hint of romance> or something else entirely?

11:30 am - Marion - Dottore Who & the Convenient Plot Device
The foolish denizens of Planet R-L-Kwin have modeled their society after zany comedic theatre.  But when their convoluted storylines fail to resolve, it means the Convenient Plot Device has been stolen!  Luckily Dottore Who is about to crashland on R-L-Kwin... how convenient is that?

Sunday
1:00 pm - Union B - The Companions of Doctor Who
In fifty years of television, the Doctor has almost never traveled alone.  His companions have served as avatars for the viewers, allowing the Doctor to remain slightly inscrutable while maintaining a connection to us.  Which companions have best fulfilled this role?

I think that's it-if you know of anything that is missing, please feel free to contact me or leave a comment. 

Hope to see you at Marcon this weekend!

Post 400!!!

Welcome to our 400th post!  To celebrate, here are a few interesting items I came across on Facebook.

Rian Heist has started a kickstarter project  for Dalek Con 2014-Cincinnati's first Doctor Who convention! 

Andrew thinks we need a Doctor Who themed bar, like like they have in Portland.  I agree! :)

Also, filming for Series 8 of Doctor Who continues and some clips of Capaldi and Coleman filming an episode have surfaced. (spoilers!)  Series 8 will air sometime this fall.

Don't forget our monthly meetup is tomorrow and Marcon is this weekend!

May Meetup!

Hello everyone!

Just a reminder our monthly meetup is tomorrow from 7 to 9 pm at the Kingsdale District Market.
Come join us for food and fun conversation about our favorite Time Lord!

Don't forget Marcon is this weekend!

Hope to see you there!

A Subtle New Look!

Hello everyone!

Just a quick Marcon update-online pre-registration is now closed-however you can still pay at the door. :)  Marcon is only a few weeks away!

Also, I'd like to thank John for the new image in the header of our blog!  I'm still not satisfied with the formatting of the title and description of our blog-but Blogger's seemingly no-hassle blog template is rather strict when it comes to html formatting.  I was able to center the title of the blog without a problem, but when I centered the description of the blog, the font became smaller-and the only html tags that seem to work are 'small' and 'big' (no heading or font tags allowed).  Also, because the image is in the template in a widget, I can't seem to center it.  I may try adjusting it later, unless people like it! ;)

So what do you think?  Any comments/suggestions for the look of our blog are always welcome!

Remembrance of the Daleks at Grandview! (and other club items...)

Hey everyone!

Come out to the Grandview Theatre this weekend and enjoy the first half of Remembrance of the Daleks starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

Special day and time!!  This Sunday, April 6th, at Noon!  Hope to see you there!




Also, I'd like to welcome one of our newest members to the group! Welcome, Stephanie!

Don't forget the deadline for Marcon pre-reg is just around the corner!  If you haven't already done so,you  have until Sunday, April 20th (Easter Sunday) to register before prices go up again! 

Marcon Pre-Registration Cutoff #2

Speaking of cutoff dates, the hotel block cutoff is April 15th (tax day-yikes!).

Marcon Hotel Block

That's all for now! 

Doctor Who Series 7 Premiere Event at Grandview

Grab your bow ties, fezzes, Stetsons, scarves, Sonic Screwdrivers and head on over to the Grandview Theatre this Saturday for the Series 7 premiere event!!

Marcon, BaCon, and Packrat Comics will be on hand before and after the premiere of Asylum of the Daleks for a mini-convention of sorts with prizes, raffles and giveaways!  In addition there will be performances by the Confused Greenies, (aka Docttore Who)!

While waiting for the countdown to the premiere, be sure to check out Marcon, BaCon, and Packrat Comics!
marcon.org
ba-con.org
http://www.facebook.com/PackratComics

Asylum of the Daleks will premiere at 9pm, but the fun starts in the front hallway at 8pm. 

Hope to see you there!!!

Star Base Columbus/USS Maximillian 20th Anniversary Science Fiction Festival

Tomorrow (Saturday, June 9th) Star Base Columbus along with the USS Maximillian will be hosting their 20th Anniversary Science Fiction Festival in Westerville!  General admission is $2 but children 12 and under get in free!!! 

Doctor Who Columbus and Marcon will have a table at this event!  Come join us for games, contests, and more!

The event will be from 2-9pm, but Star Base Columbus will be open for business at noon!  Also, the USS Columbus will be selling hot dogs, cold drinks, and baked goods for the JDRF and the Firefighters 4 Kids Toy Drive. 

Some times of note:
7:00 pm: Costume contest!
8:00 pm: Performance by the Confused Greenies (i Verdi Confusi)! 
8:30 pm: Awards ceremony & Party!!!
9:00 pm: The event officially ends, but the party will last the rest of the evening!!


Also of note-the following games/contests require registration to participate:
2:00 pm: Star Trek Heroclix
3:00 pm: Robot Building contest
7:00 pm: Costume Contest


For more information, check out Star Base Columbus Current Events page.


If you would like to help man our table, please contact Andrew! 
 
Come join your fellow Whovian (and SciFi fans!) for this family-friendly event!!

June Steering Meeting

Just a quick reminder that our monthly steering meeting will be this Thursday, June 7th from 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale in Upper Arlington.

If anyone who attended Marcon this past April has any photos they would like to share on this blog, please send me an email! :)

Hope to see you Thursday!

Marcon Bag Stuffing...

I'm just full of posts today. ;)

Join us this Thursday for the first official event of this year's Marcon convention. Even if you're not on staff, many of our friends and cub members will be attending and helping out. If you come, then you are eligible to join the "Wie & Cheese" opening party of the con right afterwards.

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus in Fairfield Room
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm

See you there!

Hugo Announcements at Marcon 47!

Marcon is this weekend!! Is everybody ready?!?!

Don't miss out on the Hugo announcements this Saturday at the con at 4pm!!! Come and see first hand which of your favorite shows, writers, movies, etc. are nominated for the Hugo Awards. This is an exclusive event to Marcon!!!

February Steering Meeting

Hello everyone!!

Just a quick reminder that February's steering meeting will take place this Thursday, February 2nd, from 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale in Upper Arlington. (http://www.marketdistrict.com)

Come throw in your two cents! Marcon is coming soon and we need to plan staffing in the video room. Of course, if you want to come hang out and just talk Who, that is fine too! :-D

Hope to see you there!

Marcon 47!!

Hello everyone! Marcon 47 is just around the corner! This year Marcon will be held Easter weekend (April 6th-8th, 2012). If you are interested in volunteering this year, here's a message from our fearless leader, Andrew:

So that time of year is rolling around again. I know several of you
will not able to attend Marcon this year, but as I am Vice Chair, and
running a couple departments, I will be. Right now I am looking for
volunteers to help us run the Video room, and run the Friday Night

Beach Party.

Many of you have helped in the video room before, and this year is no
different. I need about ten total volunteers, and have several
already. If you are interested please email me back, and let me know
how much time you might be able to help with. Just to let you know
too, we are certainly going to be showing several episodes of this
past seasons' Doctor Who. As well, I am showcasing all of Season 5 of
Sarah Jane Adventures. Sherlock Season 2 will make an appearance, as
should Merlin series 4, Being Human 4, Big Bang Theory 5, Psychoville
2, Torchwood Miracle Day, and new series, The Fades.

As well, new to this year is an idea that I brought from my travels to
Gallifrey Con in LA. They have hosted a convention party or gala event
each Friday night of con. We will be having one based on this year's
theme of Galactic Beach Party. To that end, I have procured tons of
decorations, and Beach movies to play on the wall, and we should have
some Lifeguard and Surf board props. It will all be set up in the room
the dance is normally held in, Fairfield. Running from 8pm to 2am it
will have an Open Bar, Karaoke, Beach Ball Volleyball, Limbo, and
several other games. I am looking for help setting up, as well as
volunteers to staff the room while it's running. We should have
security staff, and Gophers for the door check, but otherwise two or
three people would be helpful.

If either of these interest you, then please let me know asap and I
will start contacting you with more details.

Also, news on the guest front, we have confirmed Julian Glover and
Kyle Gass as our Media guests so far. Kyle is one half of the comedy/
musical group Tenacious D, and has stared with his other half Jack
Black in most of his movies. Julian Glover you should know from his
roles in Classic Doctor Who as King Richard in the 1964 story, The
Crusades. As well, he was Count Scarlioni/Scaroth in Tom Baker's City
of Death. His many other movie roles have included, General Veers in
Empire Strikes back, Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, Walter
Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the voice of Aragog in
the Harry Potter series and Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones
on HBO. Also on the Who front Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg will be joining
us. He is currently researching for his upcoming book, Red White and
Who, the history of Who fandom in America. We have several more guests
in other areas, and at least one more Media guest to announce on the
horizon with more to follow. Watch this space, or visit us at
marcon.org for more details.

Thanks, and see you there!
Andrew Raymond

Vice Chair Marcon 47

April 6-8 2012 Hyatt Regency Columbus

(Andrew's email can be found in the DWC Yahoo list)

The deadline for Marcon 47 staff forms/fees is this Monday-January 23rd. Not sure if you'll know by Monday? No worries! Andrew is planning on reserving a few slots, however these will need to be filled by Tuesday, March 20th. Keep in mind, though-these slots will be limited-so if interested, please reserve one as soon as possible. If you want to volunteer and are unable to make the January or March deadline, you will have to pay full price and 'Gopher' your fee back. (for more on Gophering at Marcon, see Volunteers (Gophers) at Marcon.org)

Thank you for volunteering!

June Steering Meeting

Hi all!

Everyone fully recovered from Marcon yet?? I hope everyone had a good time-I know I did! :)

Just a reminder that our June steering meeting is tonight from 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale. Marcon is over and we now will be planning our activities for the rest of the summer. Come throw your $.02 in!

If you just want to hang out and talk Who that's fine too-you know we love to talk Who!

Also, if you have any pictures or stories you would like to share on this blog, feel free to send me a note off-list. I have some pictures from the Doctor Who Match game-I'll post them as soon as I remember to take them off my camera! ;)

Also, don't forget about the contest going on over at Madman With A Box (I know, I know-not too hard to forget, as it was posted just before this! Humor me. ;) LOL )

Hope to see you at the steering meeting!

Marcon 46!!!

Marcon starts today!!!

Wondering what's Who-related at Marcon this year? Well, for starters...

Friday, 5:30 pm we have All the Boys (and All the Girls) Love Sarah Jane in Fairfield.

also Friday, a live comedic performance by the Dottore Who group (aka, The Confused Greenies) on Friday at 7pm
(not sure where, though-sorry about that!)

Saturday, 10:00 am The Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Trivia Quiz in Franklin A.

Saturday, 11:30 am Doctor Who: Life Beyond the Crack in Union B

Saturday, 1:00 pm Match Game Regeneration in Madison

and

Sunday, 11:30 am Doctor Whose Line is it Anyway

Also, there will be a special treat for Who fans in the main video room at 10:59 pm on Saturday! :-)

I am hoping to attend all of them-even the Saturday 10am panel (I have the overnight shift in the video room-must find alternate times for sleep... ;) ).

If anyone knows where the Confused Greenies performance is Friday night, please leave a comment, as I probably will not have time to update this post before I leave for Marcon.

Hope to see you this weekend!!!

May Steering Meeting

Just a reminder that our May steering meeting will be this Thursday, from 7-9 pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale in Upper Arlington! ( http://www.marketdistrict.com).

Less than a month until Marcon! Are you ready? :) Stop on by if you want to be involved in the convention or the video room. Unfortunately, the time for staff registration has passed, but we could always use some volunteers! :)

Also if you just want to hang out and talk Who that's fine too! :-D

Speaking of Doctor Who-it sounds like the folks at the Grandview Theatre will be showing new episodes at 9pm on Saturday for the rest of the season! I will try to post weekly reminders here on this blog on Thursday or Friday. :)

Hope to see you there!

April Steering Meeting

Hello everyone!

First, I'd like to apologize for neglecting this blog last month-real life has a habit of becoming so busy, I never have time to post!

Next-our monthly steering meeting is tonight! 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale.

Marcon is just under two months away!! Although the time to sign up as a staff member has past, if you would still like to help out a Marcon, stop on by!! If you just want to hang out and talk Who that's fine too! That's why we're here! :)

Anyone travel to LA for Gallifrey One in February? Got a story or picture to share? Send me an email and I'll feature it on this blog!

The new season of Doctor Who is just over 2 weeks away! Are you as excited as I am? :)

Hope to see you tonight!!

February Steering Meeting

Hello folks! Weather permitting, we will be having our monthly steering meeting Thursday, February 3rd at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale, from 7-9 pm.

Marcon will be happening soon, and if you're interested in being part of the Convention, or of the Video Room, then come on by! (if you just want to hang out and talk Who that's fine too!)

Andrew already has most of the video list done, but he is open to suggestions. :)

Speaking of conventions, anyone heading out to Galley this year? The time is almost upon us for Gallifrey 22 in Los Angeles! If you are going and would like to write up something for the blog (before, after, or even during), just send me a note!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

July Steering Meeting

Lots of activity happened this weekend-congratulations to the new chair and vice chair of Marcon 46-Marc and Nick!


How about that Finale? How would you sum up Matt Smith's first season as the Doctor? (please feel free to leave your opinions in the comments-just play nice! ;) Also, try to refrain from spoilers, just in case... ) For those following along on BBC America, don't forget the next episode of Doctor Who, The Lodger, will air on July 12th.

This is a friendly reminder that our July steering meeting will be tomorrow, July 1st from 7-9 pm at the Tommy's on Lane. Hope to see you there!!

If you missed it this video, check out Matt Smith and Orbital!

Epic. Win. ;)

Marcon con-com wrap up meeting

If you were a part of the staff for Marcon 45, the final wrap up meeting is this Sunday, June 27, from 1:00-9:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency. This is the meeting that we will be voting for next year's chair and co-chair.

Who gets to vote? If you paid your staff fee and worked your hours, you are eligible to vote. Our very own Andrew is running as Shell's co-chair. Good luck, Andrew!!!

June Steering Meeting

Howdy folks!

First of all, I'd like to say "WELCOME" to all of our new members that joined at Marcon! :)

Did you have fun at Marcon? I know I did! :) It was great seeing everybody again-can't wait until next year! :) I hope to be posting some pictures here and on facebook soon. (sorry they aren't up yet-but I got walloped by a cold Tuesday/Wednesday-it really knocked me out, and I'm still recovering. *sniffle, cough, cough* ;) )

Don't forget we are having our June steering meeting TONIGHT at Tommy's Pizza on Lane from 7-9 pm. Hope to see you there!!



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Need an 8th Doctor fix? Radio 7 is currently airing new 8th Doctor Adventures! Check out The Beast of Orlock on BBC7! (unfortunately, it is only in the listen again schedule for 3 more days.)

For Blake 7 fans-Radio 7 has a series of new adventures as well: Check out Blake's 7: the Early Years. (Ashes to Ashes fans may recognize the voice of Keeley Hawes (DI Alex Drake))

Matt Smith's adventures continue on BBC-America this Saturday, 9 pm EST with Amy's Choice